Preparation of high plastic lime



Patented Aug. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES MAX Y. SEATON, or PALO ALTO, cALiFonivIaAssIe von T0 CALIFORNIA CHEMICAL CORPORATION, or NEWARK, oALIFoRiviaCA OQRPGBATION- OF'ILLINOIS PREPARATION or HIGH rLAsiric L'IMn No Drawing.

erally credited with being the fundamental factor in their desirable plasticity. Lime 7 burned from limestone containing less magnesium carbonate in other sections of the country has in fact shown very inferior properties in this respect, and efiorts to produce a high-plactic lime from a material without a very substantial magnesia content 0 have been considered futile. In accordance with the present invention however, a highplastic lime may be had from a substantially pure calcium carbonate source, and affording in fact even higher plasticity than has raw material, while at the same time obviating the disadvantages of a magnesia content.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention, then, consists of the features hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, the following description setting forthin detail certain embodiments of the invention, these being illustrative however of but a few of the various ways in which 45 of various sources, I preferably operate upon material from the shell deposits of 'San Francisco Bay, C'alifirnia. This material when washed free from initial impurities analyzes on the average, calcium carbonate 98.10 per cent, magnesium carbonate 1.50

per cent, silica 0.10 per cent, iron and alu- Application filed. June 24,

ever been realized with the dolomitic basev 1930. sem in), 3,574.

minuin oxides,including phosphate, 0.15 per cent, and organic matter and undetermined," 0.15 percent. Alow magnesium carbonate;

content and a particularly low silica content const tute favorable features.

In calcining, as indicated, my process employs, a' high range of temperature as 0011- trastedavith' the practice heretofore. In-

stead of'calcining ata rangeupto about" 1200" C., I operate at a temperature range of around 1400 C. to 1700" C. This can not besatisfactorily accomplished in limeburning kilns'of customarytypaand in fact," I prefer to avoid "contact of the-calcining material with a siliceous liner surface," Inmy preferred practice, I calcii'ie the material shell, the rotary type kiln is desirable. He ating may lac-effected by suitablehigh teniperature-providing means, electric, on, gas or the hkeJIn calcining under such conditions, temperatures far "above those causing reaction between the lime and ord nary'silicate refractories are encountered, and even" thermo-couples mantled with sili cate compounds, such as the customary artificial sillimanite, mullite, etc., are not applicable, and optical temperature indication methods must be employed. In the avoidance of siliceous kiln linings, while periclase is, as stated, a preferable material, such sub stances as carborunduin brick, magnesite brick, chrome brick, and the like, may be used less desirably.

-The produce of calcination of a high calcium carbonate material by treating at temperatures materially above those employed in release of carbon dioxide, exhibits markedly characteristic properties. Whereas, when made-up to a test putty, highcalcium limes heretofore available have sh own a putty VOlume range of 3.5 or slightly more cu. ft. per barrel, my product shows a putty volume of 8.0 cu. ft. per barrel of 180 lbs. Again, when tested according to the methods of the American Society for Testing Materials (Standard Specifications for Hydrated Lime for Structural Purposes, A. S. T. M. Stand- ;;substantiallyire-frorn silica to a temperature a-rds, 1927, Part II, page 47) plasticity figures of around 650 and more are shown. High calcium limes available heretofore when similarly tested run only slightly over 150. In fact this is a higher plasticity factor than is ordinarily shown bythe best available co nmercialfmagn ifi fl m I a ftl i iwlihef advantage of a negligible magnesia content and an insignificant silica content, analysis ease of a ca'lciried 'product from the sarn Franei-scdBay:cwrbeimembont i 0.9 per cent. or. less of: MgO and Q2 percent, or less of SiO The actual Gagcontentin any case runs above per cent. I Other modes of applying "thep'rin'ciple" of theiinvention maybe employed, change being; made'i asiggards ;-the'-;details described, providedgthgc featulesstated-in any of the follow-'- ing; claims, or; the equivalent of such, be aniiployed.

--.-I::; he ei pa cular y po n outa di tinctly; claimras any; invention 2- I M13 A;process;of1naking;a high-plastic lime, which comprises heating calcium carbonate materially aboi eiils200 G. r

i; 23A process of Inaking a'high-plastic lime, Whichwdmprises' -heating-;calcium carbonate silbstargtiallyifree from silica to asteinperamire (sumo-170m C. y

3-:A:P SS. ofimak nge a h gh-pl ti li which comprises heatingcalcium carbonate to a tenifperature of: 14004700? while avoiding contact with siliceous surfaces.

A process ofinak ing a high-plastic lime, which comprises heating calcium carbonate materialfrom San Francisco Baya shellldeposits iii-the substantial absence ofsilica to 'ATprocess of inaking a high-plastic lime, which e o n prises he ting, calcium carbonate material from San Francisco Bay shell. deposits to aitempelzature ofl400+17 00? (J. v

Signed bynne this 17th dayvof l l l fl lfifiQ',

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